Previously, Slavnov competed with Julia Karbovskaya, with whom he is the 2002 World Junior silver medalist.

[1] Slavnov originally skated with Julia Karbovskaya and won silver at the 2002 World Junior Championships.

[3] In 2002, Slavnov began dating Julia Obertas, who trained at the same rink, and in August 2003 they decided to skate together and to switch coaches to Tamara Moskvina, who also worked at Yubileyny.

At the start of the 2006–07 season, Obertas / Slavnov decided to return to the Velikovs, with Ludmila Velikova as their main coach.

[6] The pair won bronze at 2006 Trophée Eric Bompard and finished 6th at 2006 NHK Trophy.